In their biggest competition so far, the Oregon Club Sports ultimate frisbee teams will go for glory in the San Diego President’s Day Tournament this weekend.
The men’s team will have 30 teams to go through to be the best, and the women will compete against 24 teams.
This will be the men’s third tournament this year, whereas the women will play in their first big competition. The women, who enter the tournament ranked third, finished in third place at last season’s tournament.
“We are absolutely going to try and take the whole thing,” men’s coach Joshua Greenough said. “We have the ability to play with everyone else there.”
The men finished eighth in last season’s San Diego tournament.
Opponents that could offer the men and women a strong challenge in their journey to the finals include teams such as Harvard, Stanford, Colorado, Yale and UC Davis.
“We’re going to learn how to win,” women’s coach Izzy Stohler said. “There are a lot of natural athletes on this team with some very good strength.”
The women are a rather young team this year after losing 20 veterans from last season, but the Ducks have gained 10 to 15 newcomers who have a great deal of athleticism. The women expect a strong showing and are confident they can do better than last year’s competition.
“We have practiced very hard and feel very prepared for this,” Stohler said. “With our athleticism we are ready to improve.”
The men are deeper this year due to strong recruiting, and according to Greenough, the team has many big-game players. With the Ducks’ experience, they will be disappointed in themselves with anything less than a strong showing in the semifinals.
The three-day test begins Saturday for the Ducks, who hope to better themselves after respectable showings in last season’s well-fought performance.

Men’s rugby
The Oregon Club Sports men’s rugby team will take on Washington this Saturday at home after a tough loss against Brigham Young last weekend. This leaves the Ducks with a 1-2 record, but they are confident they can to bring it to .500 with a win over Washington.
“Washington hasn’t played anywhere near the competition that we have,” coach Bob Snyder said.